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atten-hut pick me up

verbal protest when he is not being held.
he will walk around making the sound;
plus the sound of bronchial congestion;
the sight of runny nose;
walking around making the sound
of 'atten-hut
pick me up'

Giovanni won't stop
atten-hut pick me up

Giovanni is about a year now.
Walking in pajamas with the feet.
Two hours invested in
eating his rice and green beans
feeding
eating a piece of toast with jam


watering
eating a baby cookie
walking
eating a banana
watering
rocking
watering
eating a baby cookie
eating another piece of toast
searching the diaper
watering
eating a piece of turkey
reading the Sudafed bottle
looking for tylenol
talking
making a palet
turning on Bambi
watering
making tea
offering cookies
none of it working
he pushed the bottle away
every chance I got
to introduce it
nothing worked--
until:
A. he couldn't last past the two+ hours of
atten-hut! pick me up!!
B. He was hot. I took off his
pajamas with sox and he stopped crying
and Giovanni went to bed in a wee shirt.
seems to work.